Vijaykumar Gandapodi
Executive in Residence Department of Computer Information Systems- Education
- Executive Doctorate in Business
- Specializations
- Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence
- Big Data & Data Sciences
- Cloud Computing
- Websites, Mobile
- Chatbots
- Information Technology
- Strategy Domain Knowledge: Sales, Marketing,
- Service Industries: CPG, Media, Financials, Healthcare
- Biography
Dr. Vijay Gandapodi has joined the CIS department as an Executive in Residence, he currently heads the Data Science/AI globally for The Coca–Cola company Marketing, Strategy & Insights and Public Affairs Communication and Sustainability divisions. He has nearly 30 years of experience, including over a decade of executive level experience in major organizations.
Dr. Vijay Gandapodi, prior to joining The Coca-Cola company he served as head of Data Strategy at Cox Media Group. During his tenure at Cox Media Group he led a very large Content Management system and architected/managed their large AWS cloud platform operations. Vijay before joining Cox Media Group, served as the Head of Sales & Service IT at E*TRADE Financial and was responsible for a very large Salesforce implementation. He also served as the Head of International IT where he was responsible for delivering IT solutions for Canada, Europe, Middle East and Asia. He currently co-chairs the Atlanta Chief Data Office governing body. Vijay is a graduate of our Executive Doctorate in Business program.